Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar

The report examines the potential for decentralised renewable energy (DRE) equipment to drive socio-economic development in Benin, Cameroon, and Madagascar, focusing on agricultural productive uses. It identifies significant opportunities in value chains such as cotton and cashew in Benin, cocoa and sorghum in Cameroon, and rice, fishing, and livestock in Madagascar. While solar pumps and refrigeration are the most common technologies, the report highlights barriers including high initial costs, lack of technical standards, and the absence of formal e-waste recycling systems. It recommends market development measures such as increased awareness, technical standardisation, and the integration of microfinance to accelerate adoption.

• In Benin, the market for productive use equipment is dominated by solar pumps and refrigerators, with solar water pump sales experiencing exponential growth and doubling annually since 2015.
• Benin's cashew value chain presents opportunities for DRE equipment, including solar refrigerators for juice storage, solar electric mills for productivity, and pyrolysis reactors to convert cashew shells into combustible gas and charcoal, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• In Cameroon, the agricultural sector employs 62% of the active population and contributes over 20% of the GDP, with significant DRE opportunities in cocoa, coffee, cotton, rubber, and local crops like sorghum, cassava, and maize.
• Climate change vulnerability in Cameroon's semi-arid north could be mitigated by DRE, which could increase sorghum productivity by approximately 21.99%, whereas a lack of adaptation strategies could lead to an 11.22% loss in productivity.
• Madagascar's fishing and aquaculture sector suffers from a lack of an uninterrupted cold chain, forcing small-scale fishers to dry their catch or lose it to rot; solar refrigeration is identified as a key solution to enable access to international markets.
• Across all three countries, the presence of non-certified equipment on the market is a risk that could compromise user confidence and the overall development of the DRE productive use sector.
• High initial costs are a major barrier to adoption; mitigation strategies include subsidies, result-based financing, and partnerships with microfinance institutions (MFIs) to provide credit and leasing options.
• Formal e-waste recycling for DRE equipment is largely absent in Benin and Madagascar, and while Cameroon has legislation, it is not sufficiently respected due to a lack of incentives and the dominance of the informal sector.
• The WEEECAM project in Cameroon aims to formalise informal collectors to improve the capture of e-waste and has successfully reduced the rate of 'orphan fractions' (waste without a treatment outlet) from 58.8% to 19.2% over two years.

APA

Alliance for Renewable Electrification (n.d.). Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar. https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Equipements-pour-les-usages-productifs-des-ERD.pdf

Chicago

Alliance for Renewable Electrification. Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar. n.d. https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Equipements-pour-les-usages-productifs-des-ERD.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{allianceforrenewableelectrificationndequipements, author = {{Alliance for Renewable Electrification}}, title = {{Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar}}, institution = {Alliance for Renewable Electrification}, url = {https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Equipements-pour-les-usages-productifs-des-ERD.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }